treasure-hunters
Relic-chasing adventurers
Treasure-hunters are people who search for valuable items—buried gold, sunken ships, lost artifacts.
The term covers professionals using sonar and diving equipment as well as hobbyists with metal detectors at beaches.
Figuratively, anyone seeking hidden value: antique dealers are treasure-hunters at heart.
The singular treasure-hunter describes an individual or serves as an attributive: a treasure-hunter mentality.
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- plunderGoods seized violently
galleon · doubloons · shipwreck · bounty · loot · booty · marauder · raider
Organized exploratory journey
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- seekerOne who looks
- voyageJourney by sea
pioneer · pathfinder · navigator · seafarer · wanderer · nomad · trailblazer · discoverer
Mythical sunken island
- booby-trapConcealed device causing harm
- clueSolving aid
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
Coastal item seeker
- geocachingGPS-based outdoor treasure hunting
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- collectorOne who gathers items
estate-sale · flea-market · relic · artifact · heirloom · valuable
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
plunder · galleon · doubloons · shipwreck · bounty · loot · booty · marauder · raider · Blackbeard
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- seekerOne who looks
voyage · pioneer · pathfinder · navigator · seafarer · wanderer · nomad · trailblazer · discoverer · fortune-seeker
Atlantis
Mythical sunken island
- booby-trapConcealed device causing harm
- clueSolving aid
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
beachcomber
Coastal item seeker
- geocachingGPS-based outdoor treasure hunting
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- appraisalEstimation of worth
collector · estate-sale · flea-market · relic · artifact · heirloom · valuable
treasure-huntersarchaeologists
Scientists studying past cultures
museum curators · conservators · preservationists · scientists · historians
treasure-huntersascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
monks · renunciants · minimalists · hermits · mendicants
treasure, hunter, treasures, treasured, treasuring, treasury, treasuries, treasurer, treasurers